LAND USE PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE CITY

From the worldwide discussions on technical, economic as well as on social and political level regarding assuring the sustainability of our human society it is obvious that this actually means developing and applying proper inter- and transdisciplinary sustainable development strategies on different levels, i.e. on national, regional as well as on local level. In the last time it came out that sustainable urbanism is among the most critically issues of the 21st century, because more than the half of the world's population is currently living in urban areas. In this regard it is self-evident the importance of a proper land use planning, as being the general term used for urban planning including various disciplines. Land Use is one of the most visible targets of the sustainability topics. Cities with sustainable land use create an obvious balance of environmental preservation, commerce and liability. A comprehensive assessment regarding an efficient land use plan provides a vision for the future development possibilities for achieving a sustainable city. Gaining strategies on local level means actually developing strategies for the sustainable urbanism. The vision of having in the future sustainable cities, by taking into account regional differences, is worldwide a pretty discussed topic, also in some Eastern European countries. In this paper some concrete strategies will be discussed in order to assure an appropriate sustainable land use planning on a local level with the goal of shaping a sustainable city.